Etymology

Gjerde

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Today it means: A surname from Norwegian. Full definition →

Norwegian Gjerde ← Old Norse gerði
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromgerði“pasture, enclosed land”
  2. Norwegian · borrowed fromGjerde
  3. English todayGjerde

Borrowed from Norwegian Gjerde, from Old Norse gerði (“pasture, enclosed land”).

Words from the same roots

NorwegianGjerde all →

Old Norsegerði all →

Gardham

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.